Into thin air: Vertical migration, body condition, and quality of terrestrial habitats of alpine common toads, Bufo bufo

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 788-796

  Sztatecsny, M ^a   Schabetsberger, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; OCEAN HABITATS;

AMPHIBIANS; BODY CONDITION; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

BODY CONDITION; CONSERVATION; ELEVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TOAD; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SALZBURG [AUSTRIA]; SCHLUMSEE; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO BUFO;

EID: 27644557707     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z05-071     Document Type: Article

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